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Laughlin River Run 2015 Concerts

The 33rd annual Laughlin River Run is gearing up fast. Here is
a list of the concerts already scheduled for
the bigger venues. If you are
interested in tickets, act fast.
Details here:
Laughlin River Run 2015 Concerts

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If you haven't made the short trek from
Laughlin to Oatman, AZ now is a great time
to do it. Surprisingly, we had
not and finally made the run up the
mountain. We highly recommend it and will be
back again.
See
details and pictures here.

We just heard about these specials. Only
available on Tuesday and Wednesday at Gold
Diggers in the Golden Nugget Laughlin.
Click here to read more about them and
see the rest of the Late Night Bites on the
Menu.

We finally made our first visit to The
Range Steakhouse at Harrah's Laughlin. This is an upscale
dining spot with River views featuring many chef
specialties, including excellent Steak and Lobster.
Read our Review Here

We recently had an opportunity to visit The
Lodge Steakhouse twice to try their
Prime Rib Special. This is currently
served only on Sunday. If you
like Prime Rib this is a must try at an
awesome price.
Read
Our Complete Review with Pictures Here
The Lodge Steakhouse is located in the
Laughlin River Lodge (formerly the River
Palms).

If you have
been to the Riverside Resort Casino
lately you couldn't miss the noise
and work going on right off the main
part of the Casino floor. The
Riverside Buffet is still open but
undergoing a remodel.
Pictures and details

American Casino & Entertainment, the
owner of the Aquarius Resort Casino
in
Laughlin and Stratosphere in Vegas
reports company wide 3rd quarter
revenue
increases. More details
See
all the numbers here.

The beautifying of the median of Casino Drive is expected to
wrap up no later than early December. The irrigation
system is in place. Decorative Boulders
are in place. New Art Sculptures just were installed.
The make-over of Casino Drive is making slow but steady
progress.
See more pictures and details here.

Gaming (no table games) opened at the new Laughlin
River Lodge on November 1st at 8 a.m.. There was
packed crowd with lines to get a Players Card reaching to
the main entrance from hours. We have posted dozens of
pictures, information and, of course, our opinions about
opening weekend on our blog.
Read Part I here.Read Part II here.

The Traveling Vietman Veterans
Wall will be in Laughlin at the
north parking lot of the
Tropicana until Wednesday around
noon. Click on the link
here to see a few pictures of
the wall when we stopped by the
other day.

Tim McGraw put on an amazing show in
Laughlin last night at the Laughlin
Event Center. To see some
pictures taken out the show come on over
to our
Facebook Group and or
visit our blog post to check them
out.

The River Palms isnow closed. New
owners are expected to reopen as the River Lodge sometime in
the fall after they meet with the Nevada Gaming Commission
and do some deep cleaning and renovations.
See the pictures and story.

The "Sports Bar @ Tarzans Bar" located at
2300 S. Casino Drive in Laughlin had been
Closed by the Southern Nevada Health
District on August 31, 2014. This is the
addressof the The Golden Nugget Laughlin The
SNHD must be using the old Tarzan name in
their records. As far as we can determine
this is now the GoldDiggers club.
GoldDiggers is open now, and must of passed
a re-inspection.
Details of the Inspection Here.

The Golden Nugget Laughlin has switched
their 24 Karat Players club cards over to a
new card. To play in the Casino (other than
on a few older coin based machines) everyone
needs to go to the Pllayers Club desk and
get a replacement new card.
More Details

Which Players
Club in Laughlin is your favorite?
Our mini-poll last month
showed Harrah's
at the winner with the Golden Nugget and
Edgewater coming in second. Pioneer
Casino was last.

We have to say - Good Job, (finally) to the Pioneer Casino.
River Rick is finally lit up. It appears some
parts may not be completely done but by far this is the most
the sign has been fully operational in years. It looks much
improved! You can even see his face and his eyes and
cigarette blink. See the
pictures

Slowly but steadily several Laughlin Casinos
are making some changes. River Rick,
the iconic cowboy sign, at the Pioneer has
had some work and is almost fully lit up.
The Golden Nugget has been doing renovations
for several months. The Tropicana is
adding a new Bingo Hall right on the Casino
floor plus upgrading Victory Plaza. In
addition, a beautificaiton project of the
median and other parts of Casino Drive has
begun.
Read
Details

Athought not a really new realease, the huge
slot machine, the Titan 360 debuted last
week at the Aquarius Casino in Laughlin.
The massive 8 seat/slot machine features a
unique bonus round and all the bells and
whistles you can imagine. We recieved a
short video clip of someone hitting the
Major jackpot just days after it was in
place at the Aquarius. See more
info about the Titan 360 and the video clip
here. Apparently, there are
only two of these slots in Nevada.

In the latest Restaurant inspection posted by the Southern
Nevada Health District the Wild Style Burgers &
Pizza at the Edgewater Hotel and Casino received a
low "C" rating with 34
total demerits. Wild Style just
recently opened and we had been looking forward to trying it
soon.
Read
Details Here.

Update: Good news, on their
reinspection they did pass with an A grade
and 0 demertis.

On Tuesday, August 19th Monsoon activity
caused rain, winds, some minor flooding for
a couple of hours. We left
Casino Drive before the bulk of the storm
hit but
here are a few pictures we snapped as it
all began.

The following is a blog post is an assortment of random
Photos taken during the
annual River Regatta weekend. lncluding the above picture of
the reigning Miss
Arizona and the newly crowned Miss River Regatta.
See More
Here

The Coach Outlet store opened in the Laughlin
Outlet Mall. For more about the
store and the other new tenant we noticed
in the the mall
Read Here. Plus no
news is good news about the
Food Court. 3 of the 6 spots are still operating and
there is free wifi.

For the month of June (2014), Laughlin had more visitors but
less gambling. Overall gaming win was down 3.53% over
the same period in June of 2013, See all the numbers and
statistics for Laughlin, Las Vegas and the rest of Nevada
Read the Press Release Here

Laughlin residents
have a great little secret, virtually no
lines, no waits, and fast service at their
little rural DMV office. But some new
residents and others are learning the hard
way about the Nevada Pay Your Fair Share
Program. Especially if they get a knock on
the door from the Laughlin Constable office.
Read
More

Tropicana Entertainment Inc. Announced Sale of River
Palms Resort and Casino in Laughlin, Nevada to Nevada
Restaurant Services, Inc. and Laughlin Hotel, LLC. Cash
sale 6.75 million dollars. This is a new sale
after the previous one fell through last year. At this time they plan intend
to discontinue operations in September of 2014. New
owners looking to open quickly after renovations and
improvements are made.
Read the Press Release Here

LAUGHLIN, NV-- Country superstar Tim McGraw
will be in Laughlinn playing at the new outdoor Laughlin Event
Center on November 8. Tickets
are on sale now at the local Casino's or at the
LaughlinEventCenter.Com website. More Details

Pints Restaurant and Brewery in the Colorado Belle just won
two gold medals at the Los Angeles International Commercial
Beer Competition held June 7-8. We haven't tried them yet.
What is your favorite brew at Pints?
Learn more here.

After 3 days of hearings the Clark County Commissioners
narrowed 79 applicants down to just 18for Clark County medical marijuana dispensaries.
One of them is right on Casino Drive in Laughlin.
Do you think this is a good location or do you oppose or
support a dispensary in Laughlin?
More Details
and Tell Us What You Think Here

Rusty
Coones, the Sons of Anarchy Actor, had his booth selling
his clothing line shut down by Las Vegas Metro Police
(who patrol Laughlin) in the Vendor area at the recent
Laughlin River Run in Laughlin, Nevada.

An article on VegasInc.Com talked about how the
recovery forgot Laughlin. Though some facts and figures
don't lie, there is much more to Laughlin than how it is
portrayed in this piece.
Read the article here and come by our Facebook page
and tell us what you think.
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